Oscar for bedste kvindelige hovedrolle
Oscaren for bedste kvindelige hovedrolle, på engelsk Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role gives ved Oscar-uddelingen til en kvindelig skuespiller for hendes præstation i en film fra det forløbne år.
Årstallene i nedenstående liste angiver tidspunktet for filmens premiere (i Californien) og dermed året før selve Oscar-uddelingen.
Vindere og nominerede
Det følgende er en kronologisk oversigt over vinderne og de nominerede. Vinderne er fremhævet med fed.
| År | Skuespiller | Nationalitet | Film | Rolle(r) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927/28 | Janet Gaynor |  | 7th Heaven | Diane Angela The Wife |
| Louise Dresser | | Emigranten | Mrs . Pleznik | |
| Gloria Swanson | | Sadie | Sadie Thompson | |
| 1928/29 | Mary Pickford |  | Coquette | Norma Besant |
| Ruth Chatterton | | Madame X | Jacqueline Floriot | |
| Betty Compson | | Det farende Folk | Carrie | |
| Jeanne Eagels[1] | | Singaporekvindens Hævn | Leslie Crosbie | |
| Corinne Griffith | | The Divine Lady | Emma Hamilton | |
| Bessie Love | | The Broadway Melody | Hank Mahoney | |
| 1929/30 | Norma Shearer | | Utro | Jerry Bernard Martin |
| Nancy Carroll | | The Devil's Holiday | Hallie Hobart | |
| Ruth Chatterton | | Sarah and Son | Sarah Storm | |
| Greta Garbo |  | Anna Christie | Anna Christie/Madame Rita Cavallini | |
| Norma Shearer | | Fædrenes Synd | Lucia Marlett | |
| Gloria Swanson | | Gabestokken | Marion Donnell | |
| 1930/31 | Marie Dressler | | Min and Bill | Min Divot |
| Marlene Dietrich |  | Marokko | Mademoiselle Amy Jolly | |
| Irene Dunne | | Cimarron | Sabra Cravat | |
| Ann Harding | | Holiday | Linda Seton | |
| Norma Shearer | | Frie Sjæle | Jan Ashe | |
| 1931/32 | Helen Hayes | | Falden Kvinde | Madelon Claudet |
| Marie Dressler | | Emma | Emma Thatcher Smith | |
| Lynn Fontanne |  | The Guardsman | The Actress | |
| 1932/33 | Katharine Hepburn | | Morning Glory | Eva Lovelace |
| May Robson |  | Lady for en dag | Apple Annie | |
| Diana Wynyard | | Cavalcade | Jane Marryot | |
| 1934 | Claudette Colbert |  | Det hændte en nat | Ellie Andrews |
| Grace Moore | | Kærlighedens Symfoni | Mary Barrett | |
| Norma Shearer | | Barretts fra Wimpole Street | Elizabeth Barrett | |
| Bette Davis | | Besættelse | Mildred Rogers | |
| 1935 | Bette Davis | | En farlig kvinde | Joyce Heath |
| Elisabeth Bergner |  | Svigt mig ikke! | Gemma Jones | |
| Claudette Colbert | | Frøken Doktor | Jane Everest | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | 19 år | Alice Adams | |
| Miriam Hopkins | | Becky Sharp | Becky Sharp | |
| Merle Oberon | | Den sorte engel | Kitty Vane | |
| 1936 | Luise Rainer | | Revykongen Ziegfeld | Anna Held |
| Irene Dunne | | Theodora leger med ilden | Theodora Lynn | |
| Gladys George | | Valiant Is the Word for Carrie | Carrie Snyder | |
| Carole Lombard | | Godfrey ordner alt | Irene Bullock | |
| Norma Shearer | | Romeo og Julie | Juliet Capulet | |
| 1937 | Luise Rainer | | Den gode jord | O-Lan |
| Irene Dunne | | Den frygtelige sandhed | Lucy Warriner | |
| Greta Garbo | | Camille | Marguerite Gautier | |
| Janet Gaynor | | Hollywood bag kulisserne | Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | | Stella Dallas | Stella Martin Dallas | |
| 1938 | Bette Davis | | Jezebel | Julie Marsden |
| Fay Bainter | | Hvide bannere | Hannah Parmalee | |
| Wendy Hiller | | Pygmalion | Eliza Doolittle | |
| Norma Shearer | | Marie Antoinette | Marie Antoinette | |
| Margaret Sullavan | | Kammerater | Patricia "Pat" Hollmann | |
| 1939 | Vivien Leigh | | Borte med blæsten | Scarlett O'Hara |
| Bette Davis | | Sejr over mørket | Judith Traherne | |
| Irene Dunne | | Han og hun | Terry McKay | |
| Greta Garbo | | Ninotchka | Nina Yakushova "Ninotchka" Ivanoff | |
| Greer Garson | | Farvel Mr. Chips | Katherine Bridges | |
| 1940 | Ginger Rogers | | Kitty Foyle | Kitty Foyle |
| Bette Davis | | Kvindeløgne | Leslie Crosbie | |
| Joan Fontaine | | Rebecca | The Second Mrs. de Winter | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | Natten før brylluppet | Tracy Lord | |
| Martha Scott | | Vor lille by | Emily Webb | |
| 1941 | Joan Fontaine | | Mistanken | Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth |
| Bette Davis | | De små ræve | Regina Giddens | |
| Olivia de Havilland | | Det må ikke blive morgen | Emmy Brown | |
| Greer Garson | | Blomster i skygge | Edna Gladney | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | | Professoren og korpigen | Katherine "Sugarpuss" O'Shea | |
| 1942 | Greer Garson | | Mrs. Miniver | Kay Miniver |
| Bette Davis | | Under nye stjerner | Charlotte Vale | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | Årets kvinde | Tess Harding | |
| Rosalind Russell | | Min søster Eileen | Ruth Sherwood | |
| Teresa Wright | | Når mænd er bedst | Eleanor Twitchell Gehrig | |
| 1943 | Jennifer Jones | | Sangen om Bernadette | Bernadette Soubirous |
| Jean Arthur | | Jo mere vi er sammen | Constance "Connie" Milligan | |
| Ingrid Bergman | | Hvem ringer klokkerne for? | María | |
| Joan Fontaine | | The Constant Nymph | Tessa Sanger | |
| Greer Garson | | Madame Curie | Marie Curie | |
| 1944 | Ingrid Bergman | | Gaslys | Paula Alquist Anton |
| Claudette Colbert | | Usynlige lænker | Anne Hilton | |
| Bette Davis | | Mr. Skeffington | Fanny Trellis | |
| Greer Garson | | Mrs. Parkington | Susie "Sparrow" Parkington | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | | Kvinden uden samvittighed | Phyllis Dietrichson | |
| 1945 | Joan Crawford | | Mildred Pierce | Mildred Pierce Beragon |
| Ingrid Bergman | | Sct. Mary's klokker | Mary Benedict | |
| Greer Garson | | Skæbnens dal | Mary Rafferty | |
| Jennifer Jones | | Elskovsbreve | Singleton | |
| Gene Tierney | | Lad himlen dømme | Ellen Berent Harland | |
| 1946 | Olivia de Havilland | | Blodets bånd | Josephine "Jody" Norris |
| Celia Johnson | | Det korte møde | Laura Jesson | |
| Jennifer Jones | | Duel i solen | Pearl Chavez | |
| Rosalind Russell | | Sister Kenny | Elizabeth Kenny | |
| Jane Wyman | | Hjortekalven | Orry Baxter | |
| 1947 | Loretta Young | | Stem på Katie | Katie Holstrom |
| Joan Crawford | | Besat | Louise Howell | |
| Susan Hayward | | Skråplanet | Angelica Evans Conway | |
| Dorothy McGuire | | Mand og mand imellem | Kathy Lacy | |
| Rosalind Russell | | Sorg klæder Elektra | Lavinia Mannon | |
| 1948 | Jane Wyman | | Johnny Belinda | Belinda McDonald |
| Ingrid Bergman | | Jeanne d'Arc | Jeanne d'Arc | |
| Olivia de Havilland | | Ormegården | Virginia Stuart Cunningham | |
| Irene Dunne | | I Remember Mama | Martha Hanson | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | | Galt nummer | Leona Stevenson | |
| 1949 | Olivia de Havilland | | Arvingen | Catherine Sloper |
| Jeanne Crain | | Pinky | Patricia "Pinky" Johnson | |
| Susan Hayward | | Mit dumme hjerte | Eloise Winters | |
| Deborah Kerr |  | Edward, My Son | Evelyn Boult | |
| Loretta Young | | Nonner på eventyr | Margaret | |
| 1950 | Judy Holliday | | Født i går | Emma "Billie" Dawn |
| Anne Baxter | | Alt om Eva | Eve Harrington | |
| Bette Davis | | Alt om Eva | Margo Channing | |
| Eleanor Parker | | Indespærret | Marie Allen | |
| Gloria Swanson | | Sunset Boulevard | Norma Desmond | |
| 1951 | Vivien Leigh | | Omstigning til Paradis | Blanche DuBois |
| Katharine Hepburn | | Afrikas dronning | Rose Sayer | |
| Eleanor Parker | | Politistation 21 | Mary McLeod | |
| Shelley Winters | | En plads i solen | Alice Tripp | |
| Jane Wyman | | Det blå slør | Louise Mason | |
| 1952 | Shirley Booth | | Kom tilbage, lille Sheba | Lola Delaney |
| Joan Crawford | | Afsløret | Myra Hudson | |
| Bette Davis | | The Star | Margaret Elliot | |
| Julie Harris | | The Member of the Wedding | Frances "Frankie" Addams | |
| Susan Hayward | | Der er sang i mit hjerte | Jane Froman | |
| 1953 | Audrey Hepburn | | Prinsessen holder fridag | Princess Ann |
| Leslie Caron | | Lili | Lili Daurier | |
| Ava Gardner | | Mogambo | Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly | |
| Deborah Kerr | | Herfra til evigheden | Karen Holmes | |
| Maggie McNamara | | Månen er blå | Patty O'Neill | |
| 1954 | Grace Kelly | | The Country Girl | Georgie Elgin |
| Dorothy Dandridge | | Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones | |
| Judy Garland | | En stjerne fødes | Esther Victoria Blodgett / Vicki Lester | |
| Audrey Hepburn | | Sabrina | Sabrina Fairchild | |
| Jane Wyman | | Den store læge | Helen Phillips | |
| 1955 | Anna Magnani |  | Den tatoverede rose | Serafina Delle Rose |
| Susan Hayward | | Jeg gemmer mine tårer | Lillian Roth | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | En sommers dårskab | Jane Hudson | |
| Jennifer Jones | | Den fryd, der rummer alt | Han Suyin | |
| Eleanor Parker | | Sangen, der forstummede | Marjorie Lawrence | |
| 1956 | Ingrid Bergman | | Anastasia | Anna Koreff/Anastasia |
| Carroll Baker | | Baby Doll | Baby Doll Meighan | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | Regnmageren | Lizzie Curry | |
| Nancy Kelly | | Ondskabens sæd | Christine Penmark | |
| Deborah Kerr | | Kongen og jeg | Anna Leonowens | |
| 1957 | Joanne Woodward | | Evas tre ansigter | Eve White / Eve Black / Jane |
| Deborah Kerr | | Nonnen og marineren | Angela | |
| Anna Magnani | | Vild er vinden | Gioia | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | | Det gyldne træ | Susanna Drake | |
| Lana Turner | | Når man er ung | Constance MacKenzie | |
| 1958 | Susan Hayward | | Jeg vil leve! | Barbara Graham |
| Deborah Kerr | | Fra bord til bord | Sibyl Railton-Bell | |
| Shirley MacLaine | | De kom løbende | Ginnie Moorehead | |
| Rosalind Russell | | Auntie Mame | Mame Dennis | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | | Kat på et varmt bliktag | Margaret "Maggie the Cat" Pollitt | |
| 1959 | Simone Signoret | | En plads på toppen | Alice Aisgill |
| Doris Day | | Løs på tråden | Jan Morrow | |
| Audrey Hepburn | | Nonnen | Gabrielle van der Mal | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | Pludselig sidste sommer | Violet Venable | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | | Pludselig sidste sommer | Catherine Holly | |
| 1960 | Elizabeth Taylor | | Ikke for penge | Gloria Wandrous |
| Greer Garson | | Sunrise at Campobello | Eleanor Roosevelt | |
| Deborah Kerr | | Fjerne horisonter | Ida Carmody | |
| Shirley MacLaine | | The Apartment | Fran Kubelik | |
| Melina Mercouri |  | Aldrig om søndagen | Ilya | |
| 1961 | Sophia Loren | | Huntigeren | Cesira |
| Audrey Hepburn | | Pigen Holly | Holly Golightly / Lula Mae Barnes | |
| Piper Laurie | | Hajen | Sarah Packard | |
| Geraldine Page | | Flyvende sommer | Alma Winemiller | |
| Natalie Wood | | Feber i blodet | Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis | |
| 1962 | Anne Bancroft | | Helen Kellers triumf | Annie Sullivan |
| Bette Davis | | Hvad blev der egentlig af Baby Jane? | Baby Jane Hudson | |
| Katharine Hepburn | | Long Day's Journey into Night | Mary Cavan Tyrone | |
| Geraldine Page | | Ungdoms søde fugl | Alexandra Del Lago | |
| Lee Remick | | Hektiske dage | Kirsten Arnesen Clay | |
| 1963 | Patricia Neal | | Den utæmmelige | Alma Brown |
| Leslie Caron | | Vinkelværelset | Jane Fossett | |
| Shirley MacLaine | | Irma la Douce | Irma La Douce | |
| Rachel Roberts |  | Livets pris | Margaret Hammond | |
| Natalie Wood | | En nat med en fremmed | Angie Rossini | |
| 1964 | Julie Andrews | | Mary Poppins | Mary Poppins |
| Anne Bancroft | | Bitter frugt | Jo Armitage | |
| Sophia Loren | | Ægteskab på italiensk | Filumena Marturano | |
| Debbie Reynolds | | Den synkefri Molly Brown | Molly Brown | |
| Kim Stanley | | Bag lukkede skodder | Myra Savage | |
| 1965 | Julie Christie | | Darling | Diana Scott |
| Julie Andrews | | The Sound of Music | Maria von Trapp | |
| Samantha Eggar | | Offer for en samler | Miranda Grey | |
| Elizabeth Hartman | | Et strejf af solskin | Selina D'Arcy | |
| Simone Signoret | | Narreskibet | La Contessa | |
| 1966 | Elizabeth Taylor | | Hvem er bange for Virginia Woolf? | Martha |
| Anouk Aimée | | Manden og kvinden | Anne Gauthier | |
| Ida Kamińska |  | Butikken på hovedgaden | Rozalie Lautmann | |
| Lynn Redgrave | | Georgy Girl | Georgina "Georgy" Parkin | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | | Morgan - skrupsplitterravende skør | Leonie Delt | |
| 1967 | Katharine Hepburn | | Gæt hvem der kommer til middag | Christina Drayton |
| Anne Bancroft | | Fagre voksne verden | Mrs. Robinson | |
| Faye Dunaway | | Bonnie and Clyde | Bonnie Parker | |
| Edith Evans | | Hviskende stemmer | Maggie Ross | |
| Audrey Hepburn | | Fanget af mørket | Susy Hendrix | |
| 1968 | Katharine Hepburn[2] | | Løve ved vintertide | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| Barbra Streisand[2] | | Funny Girl | Fanny Brice | |
| Patricia Neal | | Tolv røde roser | Nettie Cleary | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | | Isadora | Isadora Duncan | |
| Joanne Woodward | | Rachel, Rachel - en jomfru på 35 | Rachel Cameron | |
| 1969 | Maggie Smith | | Miss Brodies bedste år | Jean Brodie |
| Geneviève Bujold | | Anne, dronning i tusind dage | Anne Boleyn | |
| Jane Fonda | | Jamen, man skyder da heste? | Gloria Beatty | |
| Liza Minnelli | | Pigen Pookie | Mary Ann "Pookie" Adams | |
| Jean Simmons | | Happy Ending | Mary Wilson | |
| 1970 | Glenda Jackson | | Når kvinder elsker | Gudrun Brangwen |
| Jane Alexander | | Det store hvide håb | Eleanor Backman | |
| Ali MacGraw | | Love Story | Jennifer Cavalleri-Barrett | |
| Sarah Miles | | Ryans datter | Rosy Ryan | |
| Carrie Snodgress | | Konen er gal | Bettina "Tina" Balser | |
| 1971 | Jane Fonda | | Klute | Bree Daniels |
| Julie Christie | | Vestens syndige par - McCabe & Mrs. Miller | Constance Miller | |
| Glenda Jackson | | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Alex Greville | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | | Marie Stuart, dronning af Skotland | Mary, Queen of Scots | |
| Janet Suzman |  | Nicolai og Alexandra | Kejserinde Alexandra of Rusland | |
| 1972 | Liza Minnelli | | Cabaret | Sally Bowles |
| Diana Ross | | Lady Sings the Blues | Billie Holiday | |
| Maggie Smith | | Min utæmmelige tante | Augusta Bertram | |
| Cicely Tyson | | Drømmen om et nyt liv | Rebecca Morgan | |
| Liv Ullmann |  | Udvandrerne | Kristina Nilsson | |
| 1973 | Glenda Jackson | | En pikant affære | Vickie Allessio |
| Ellen Burstyn | | Eksorsisten | Chris MacNeil | |
| Marsha Mason | | Orlov til midnat | Maggie Paul | |
| Barbra Streisand | | The Way We Were | Katie Morosky | |
| Joanne Woodward | | Husker du | Rita Walden | |
| 1974 | Ellen Burstyn | | Alice bor her ikke mere | Alice Graham-Hyatt |
| Diahann Carroll | | Claudine | Claudine Price | |
| Faye Dunaway | | Chinatown | Evelyn Cross Mulwray | |
| Valerie Perrine | | Lenny | Harriett Jolliff / Honey Bruce | |
| Gena Rowlands | | En kvinde under indflydelse | Mabel Longhetti | |
| 1975 | Louise Fletcher | | Gøgereden | Nurse Mildred Ratched |
| Isabelle Adjani | | I kærlighedens lænker | Adèle Hugo / Adèle Lewly | |
| Ann-Margret | | Tommy | Nora Walker | |
| Glenda Jackson | | Hedda | Hedda Gabler-Tesman | |
| Carol Kane | | Hester Street | Gitl | |
| 1976 | Faye Dunaway | | Nettet | Diana Christensen |
| Marie-Christine Barrault | | Fætter og kusine | Marthe | |
| Talia Shire | | Rocky | Adrian Pennino | |
| Sissy Spacek | | Carrie | Carrie White | |
| Liv Ullmann | | Ansigt til ansigt | Jenny Isaksson | |
| 1977 | Diane Keaton | | Mig og Annie | Annie Hall |
| Anne Bancroft | | Skillevejen | Emma Jacklin | |
| Jane Fonda | | Julia | Lillian Hellman | |
| Shirley MacLaine | | Skillevejen | Deedee Rodgers | |
| Marsha Mason | | Hvem sover hvor? | Paula McFadden | |
| 1978 | Jane Fonda | | Coming Home - På vej hjem | Sally Hyde |
| Ingrid Bergman | | Høstsonaten | Charlotte Andergast | |
| Ellen Burstyn | | Samme tid næste år | Doris | |
| Jill Clayburgh | | En fri kvinde | Erica Benton | |
| Geraldine Page | | Rene linier | Eve | |
| 1979 | Sally Field | | Norma Rae | Norma Rae Webster |
| Jill Clayburgh | | Lad os prøve igen | Marilyn Holmberg | |
| Jane Fonda | | Kina-syndromet | Kimberly Wells | |
| Marsha Mason | | Et nyt kapitel | Jennie MacLaine | |
| Bette Midler | | The Rose | Mary Rose Foster | |
| 1980 | Sissy Spacek | | Coal Miner's Daughter | Loretta Lynn |
| Ellen Burstyn | | Resurrection | Edna Mae Harper-McCauley | |
| Goldie Hawn | | Rekrut Benjamin | Judy Benjamin | |
| Mary Tyler Moore | | Ordinary People: En ganske almindelig familie | Beth Jarrett | |
| Gena Rowlands | | Gloria | Gloria Swenson | |
| 1981 | Katharine Hepburn | | Deres sensommer | Ethel Thayer |
| Diane Keaton | | Reds | Louise Bryant | |
| Marsha Mason | | Only When I Laugh | Georgia Hines | |
| Susan Sarandon | | Atlantic City | Sally Matthews | |
| Meryl Streep | | Den franske løjtnants kvinde | Anna / Sara Woodruff | |
| 1982 | Meryl Streep | | Sophie's valg | Sophie Zawistowski |
| Julie Andrews | | Victor/Victoria | Victor Grazinski / Victoria Grant | |
| Jessica Lange | | Frances | Frances Farmer | |
| Sissy Spacek | | Savnet | Beth Horman | |
| Debra Winger | | Officer og gentleman | Paula Pokrifki | |
| 1983 | Shirley MacLaine | | Tid til kærtegn | Aurora Greenway |
| Jane Alexander | | Testament | Carol Wetherly | |
| Meryl Streep | | Silkwood | Karen Silkwood | |
| Julie Walters | | Lærenemme Rita | Susan White / Rita | |
| Debra Winger | | Tid til kærtegn | Emma Greenway Horton | |
| 1984 | Sally Field | | En plads i mit hjerte | Edna Spalding |
| Judy Davis | | Vejen til Indien | Adela Quested | |
| Jessica Lange | | Country | Jewell Ivy | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | | Kvinderne fra Boston | Olive Chancellor | |
| Sissy Spacek | | Stormfloden | Mae Garvey | |
| 1985 | Geraldine Page | | The Trip to Bountiful | Carrie Watts |
| Anne Bancroft | | Agnes of God - Vorherres egen Agnes | Miriam Ruth / Anna Maria Burchetti | |
| Whoopi Goldberg | | Farven lilla | Celie Harris-Johnson | |
| Jessica Lange | | Sweet Dreams | Patsy Cline | |
| Meryl Streep | | Mit Afrika | Karen Blixen | |
| 1986 | Marlee Matlin | | Kærlighed uden ord | Sarah Norman |
| Jane Fonda | | Dagen derpå | Alex Sternbergen / Viveca Van Loren | |
| Sissy Spacek | | Det slemme hjerte | Babe Botrelle / Rebecca MaGrath | |
| Kathleen Turner | | Peggy Sue blev gift | Peggy Sue Kelcher-Bodell | |
| Sigourney Weaver | | Aliens | Ellen Ripley | |
| 1987 | Cher | | Lunefulde måne | Loretta Castorini |
| Glenn Close | | Farligt begær | Alex Forrest | |
| Holly Hunter | | Broadcast News | Jane Craig | |
| Sally Kirkland | | Anna | Anna | |
| Meryl Streep | | Jernurt | Helen Archer | |
| 1988 | Jodie Foster | | Anklaget | Sarah Tobias |
| Glenn Close | | Farlige forbindelser | Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil | |
| Melanie Griffith | | Working Girl | Tess McGill | |
| Meryl Streep | | Et skrig i mørket | Lindy Chamberlain | |
| Sigourney Weaver | | Gorillaer i disen | Dian Fossey | |
| 1989 | Jessica Tandy | | Driving Miss Daisy | Daisy Werthan |
| Isabelle Adjani | | Camille Claudel | Camille Cladel | |
| Pauline Collins | | Shirley Valentine | Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw | |
| Jessica Lange | | Music Box | Ann Talbot | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | | De fabelagtige Baker Boys | Susie Diamond | |
| 1990 | Kathy Bates | | Misery | Annie Wilkes |
| Anjelica Huston | | Ærlige svindlere | Lilly Dillon | |
| Julia Roberts | | Pretty Woman | Vivian Ward | |
| Meryl Streep | | Smil - vi er på | Suzanne Vale | |
| Joanne Woodward | | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | India Bridge | |
| 1991 | Jodie Foster | | Ondskabens øjne | Clarice Starling |
| Geena Davis | | Thelma & Louise | Thelma Dickinson | |
| Laura Dern | | Den vilde rose | Rose | |
| Bette Midler | | For the Boys | Dixie Leonard | |
| Susan Sarandon | | Thelma & Louise | Louise Sawyer | |
| 1992 | Emma Thompson | | Howards End | Margaret Schlegel |
| Catherine Deneuve | | Indokina | Eliane Devries | |
| Mary McDonnell | | Passion Fish | May-Alice Culhane | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | | Love Field | Louise Irene "Lurene" Hallett | |
| Susan Sarandon | | Lorenzo's Oil | Michaela Murphy Odone | |
| 1993 | Holly Hunter | | The Piano | Ada McGrath |
| Angela Bassett | | Tina - What's Love Got to Do with It | Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | |
| Stockard Channing | | En ukendt ven | Louisa "Ouisa" Kittredge | |
| Emma Thompson | | Resten af dagen | Sarah "Sally" Kenton | |
| Debra Winger | | Shadowlands | Joy Davidman | |
| 1994 | Jessica Lange | | Blue Sky | Carly Marshall |
| Jodie Foster | | Nell | Nell Kellty | |
| Miranda Richardson | | Tom & Viv | Vivienne Haigh-Wood | |
| Winona Ryder | | Pigebørn | Josephine "Jo" March | |
| Susan Sarandon | | Klienten | Regina "Reggie" Love | |
| 1995 | Susan Sarandon | | Dead Man Walking | Helen Prejean |
| Elisabeth Shue | | Leaving Las Vegas | Sera | |
| Sharon Stone | | Casino | Ginger McKenna | |
| Meryl Streep | | The Bridges of Madison County | Francesca Johnson | |
| Emma Thompson | | Fornuft og Følelse | Elinor Dashwood | |
| 1996 | Frances McDormand | | Fargo | Marge Gunderson |
| Brenda Blethyn | | Hemmeligheder og løgne | Cynthia Rose Purley | |
| Diane Keaton | | Marvin's Room | Bessie Wakefield | |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | | Den engelske patient | Katharine Clifton | |
| Emily Watson | | Breaking the Waves | Bess McNeill | |
| 1997 | Helen Hunt | | Det bli'r ikke bedre | Carol Connelly |
| Helena Bonham Carter | | The Wings of the Dove | Kate Croy | |
| Julie Christie | | Afterglow | Phyllis Hart | |
| Judi Dench | | Mrs Brown | Dronning Victoria | |
| Kate Winslet | | Titanic | Rose DeWitt Bukater | |
| 1998 | Gwyneth Paltrow | | Shakespeare in Love | Viola de Lesseps / Thomas Kent |
| Cate Blanchett | | Elizabeth | Dronning Elizabeth I | |
| Fernanda Montenegro |  | Central Station | Isadora "Dora" Teixeira | |
| Meryl Streep | | One True Thing | Kate Gulden | |
| Emily Watson | | Hilary og Jackie | Jacqueline du Pré | |
| 1999 | Hilary Swank | | Boys Don't Cry | Brandon Teena |
| Annette Bening | | American Beauty | Carolyn Burnham | |
| Janet McTeer | | Tumbleweeds | Mary Jo Walker | |
| Julianne Moore | | Enden på legen | Sarah Miles | |
| Meryl Streep | | Music of the Heart | Roberta Guaspari | |
| 2000 | Julia Roberts | | Erin Brockovich | Erin Brockovich |
| Joan Allen | | The Contender | Laine Hanson | |
| Juliette Binoche | | Chocolat | Vianne Rocher | |
| Ellen Burstyn | | Requiem for a Dream | Sara Goldfarb | |
| Laura Linney | | You Can Count On Me | Samantha "Sammy" Prescott | |
| 2001 | Halle Berry | | Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove |
| Judi Dench | | Iris | Iris Murdoch | |
| Nicole Kidman | | Moulin Rouge! | Satine | |
| Sissy Spacek | | In the Bedroom | Ruth Fowler | |
| Renée Zellweger | | Bridget Jones' dagbog | Bridget Jones | |
| 2002 | Nicole Kidman | | The Hours | Virginia Woolf |
| Salma Hayek |  | Frida | Frida Kahlo | |
| Diane Lane | | Unfaithful | Constance "Connie" Sumner | |
| Julianne Moore | | Far from Heaven | Cathy Whitaker | |
| Renée Zellweger | | Chicago | Roxie Hart | |
| 2003 | Charlize Theron | | Monster | Aileen Wuornos |
| Keisha Castle-Hughes |  | Whale Rider | Paikea Apirana | |
| Diane Keaton | | Når du mindst venter det | Erica Jane Berry | |
| Samantha Morton | | In America | Sarah Sullivan | |
| Naomi Watts | | 21 Grams | Cristina Williams-Peck | |
| 2004 | Hilary Swank | | Million Dollar Baby | Maggie Fitzgerald |
| Annette Bening | | Being Julia | Julia Lambert | |
| Catalina Sandino Moreno |  | Maria Full of Grace | María Álvarez | |
| Imelda Staunton | | Vera Drake | Vera Rose Drake | |
| Kate Winslet | | Evigt solskin i et pletfrit sind | Clementine Kruczynski | |
| 2005 | Reese Witherspoon | | Walk the Line | June Carter Cash |
| Judi Dench | | Mrs Henderson Presents | Laura Henderson | |
| Felicity Huffman | | Transamerica | Sabrina "Bree" Osbourne | |
| Keira Knightley | | Stolthed & Fordom | Elizabeth Bennet | |
| Charlize Theron | | North Country | Josey Aimes | |
| 2006 | Helen Mirren | | The Queen | Dronning Elisabeth 2. |
| Penélope Cruz |  | Volver | Raimunda | |
| Judi Dench | | Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett | |
| Meryl Streep | | The Devil Wears Prada | Miranda Priestly | |
| Kate Winslet | | Little Children | Sarah Pierce | |
| 2007 | Marion Cotillard | | Spurven | Édith Piaf |
| Cate Blanchett | | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Elizabeth 1. af England | |
| Julie Christie | | Away from Her | Fiona Anderson | |
| Laura Linney | | The Savages | Wendy Savage | |
| Ellen Page | | Juno | Juno MacGuff | |
| 2008 | Kate Winslet | | The Reader | Hanna Schmitz |
| Anne Hathaway | | Rachel Getting Married | Kym Buchman | |
| Angelina Jolie | | Changeling | Christine Collins | |
| Melissa Leo | | Frozen River | Ray Eddy | |
| Meryl Streep | | Doubt | Aloysius Beauvier | |
| 2009 | Sandra Bullock | | The Blind Side | Leigh Anne Tuohy |
| Helen Mirren | | The Last Station | Sophia Tolstaya | |
| Carey Mulligan | | An Education | Jenny Mellor | |
| Gabourey Sidibe | | Precious | Claireece "Precious" Jones | |
| Meryl Streep | | Julie & Julia | Julia Child | |
| 2010 | Natalie Portman |  | Black Swan | Nina Sayers |
| Annette Bening | | The Kids Are All Right | Nicole Allgood | |
| Nicole Kidman | | Rabbit Hole | Becca Corbett | |
| Jennifer Lawrence | | Winter's Bone | Ree Dolly | |
| Michelle Williams | | Blue Valentine | Cindy Heller | |
| 2011 | Meryl Streep | | Jernladyen | Margaret Thatcher |
| Glenn Close | | Albert Nobbs | Albert Nobbs | |
| Viola Davis | | Niceville | Aibileen Clark | |
| Rooney Mara | | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Lisbeth Salander | |
| Michelle Williams | | My Week with Marilyn | Marilyn Monroe | |
| 2012 | Jennifer Lawrence | | Silver Linings Playbook | Tiffany Maxwell |
| Jessica Chastain | | Zero Dark Thirty | Maya | |
| Emmanuelle Riva | | Amour | Anne Laurent | |
| Quvenzhané Wallis | | Beasts of the Southern Wild | Hushpuppy | |
| Naomi Watts | | The Impossible | Maria Bennett | |
| 2013 | Cate Blanchett | | Blue Jasmine | Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis |
| Amy Adams | | American Hustle | Sydney Prosser | |
| Sandra Bullock | | Gravity | Ryan Stone | |
| Judi Dench | | Philomena | Philomena Lee | |
| Meryl Streep | | August: Osage County | Violet Weston | |
| 2014 | Julianne Moore | | Still Alice | Alice Howland |
| Marion Cotillard | | Two Days, One Night | Sandra Bya | |
| Felicity Jones | | Teorien om alting | Jane Hawking | |
| Rosamund Pike | | Kvinden der forsvandt | Amy Elliott-Dunne | |
| Reese Witherspoon | | Wild | Cheryl Strayed | |
| 2015 | Brie Larson | | Room | Joy Newsome |
| Cate Blanchett | | Carol | Carol Aird | |
| Jennifer Lawrence | | Joy | Joy Mangano | |
| Charlotte Rampling | | 45 Years | Kate Mercer | |
| Saoirse Ronan |  | Brooklyn | Eilis Lacey | |
| 2016 | Emma Stone | | La La Land | Mia Dolan |
| Isabelle Huppert | | Elle | Michèle Leblanc | |
| Ruth Negga | | Loving | Mildred Loving | |
| Natalie Portman | | Jackie | Jackie Kennedy | |
| Meryl Streep | | Florence Foster Jenkins | Florence Foster Jenkins | |
| 2017 | Frances McDormand | | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Mildred Hayes |
| Sally Hawkins | | The Shape of Water | Elisa Esposito | |
| Margot Robbie | | I, Tonya | Tonya Harding | |
| Saoirse Ronan | | Lady Bird | Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson | |
| Meryl Streep | | The Post | Katharine Graham | |
| 2018 | Olivia Colman | | The Favourite | Anne af Storbritannien |
| Yalitza Aparicio | | Roma | Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez | |
| Glenn Close | | The Wife | Joan Castleman | |
| Lady Gaga | | A Star Is Born | Ally Maine | |
| Melissa McCarthy | | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Lee Israel | |
| 2019 | Renee Zellweger]] | | Judy | Judy Garland |
| Cynthia Erivo | | Harriet | Harriet Tubman | |
| Scarlett Johansson | | Marriage Story | Nicole Barber | |
| Saoirse Ronan | | Little Woman | Jo March | |
| Charlize Theron | | Bombshell | Megyn Kelly | |
| 2020 | Frances McDormand | | Nomadland | Fern |
| Viola Davis | | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Ma Rainey | |
| Andra Day | | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Billie Holiday | |
| Vanessa Kirby | | Pieces of a Woman | Martha Weiss | |
| Carey Mulligan | | Promising Young Woman | Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas | |
| 2021 (94.) | Jessica Chastain | | The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Tammy Faye Bakker |
| Olivia Colman | | The Lost Daughter | Leda Caruso | |
| Penélope Cruz | | Parallel Mothers | Janis Martínez Moreno | |
| Nicole Kidman | | Being the Ricardos | Lucille Ball | |
| Kristen Stewart | | Spencer | Diana, prinsesse af Wales | |
| 2022 | Michelle Yeoh |  | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Evelyn Quan Wang |
| Cate Blanchett | | Tár | Lydia Tár | |
| Ana de Armas |  | Blonde | Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe | |
| Andrea Riseborough | | To Leslie | Leslie Rowland | |
| Michelle Williams | | The Fabelmans | Mitzi Fabelman | |
| 2023 | Emma Stone | | Poor Things | Bella Baxter |
| Lily Gladstone | | Killers of the Flower Moon | Mollie Burkhart | |
| Annette Bening | | Nyad | Diana Nyad | |
| Sandra Hüller |  | Anatomie d'une chute | Sandra Voyter | |
| Carey Mulligan | | Maestro | Felicia Montealegre |
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